| Your
donation on our website immediately generates a greeting
card, stating that a "Gift with Love" in honor of the recipient
has been given in Israel. Immediately, 100% of your donation
goes to work in Israel, providing food for the hungry, shelter
for the homeless, spending money for the poor, medicine for
the ill, flowers for the depressed, and dozens of small grants
to the needy throughout Israel—people who slip through
the cracks of major charities, or whose needs are sudden
and episodic, or who are just too poor, or too busy, to seek
help.
Throughout Israel, our network of volunteer “zamlers” seek
out people in need, and administer small, quick gifts
from people such as you. “Zamler” is the
Yiddish word for “collector”, and these people,
or teams, collect information on people in need. Reports of their activities are published on our website, and
you
can even direct specific zamlers to take care of specific
needs. We select zamlers based on years
of experience and reputation, choosing people with strong
credentials in philanthropy and “tikkun olam”(repairing
the world). Often, they are affiliated with “hesed”(charity)
committees in their synagogue and community. We eagerly
welcome nominations for additional
zamlers.
Your reward? You become an honorary “lamud-vuvnik”—one
of the legendary thirty-six righteous people in each
generation, who roam the world doing anonymous good deeds.
You actually do four good deeds—you help support
the economy in Israel by providing money to be spent
in shops and on services, you assist a poor person, you
honor the person who you present the “Gift
of Love” card
to, and you enable someone to do a good deed on your
behalf.
The cost of maintaining the website is borne by a private
501-c-3 foundation, The Derech Elokim Fund for Jewish
Values, and your donation is fully tax-deductible in
the U.S. All of your money is spent in Israel, usually
within a few days of when you make your donation (of
any amount) on our website or when your check is received
(click for mailing address). Making a donation enables
you to customize and print out a greeting card, gift
card,
or
table seating
card
from your computer, or to send one by e-mail.
The website also
receives support from FBHC,
Inc., a for-profit company
that promotes the sale of art and other items made in Israel,
as well as socially-responsible products made elsewhere.
Originals of works of art used for Lamed-Vuvnik greeting
cards, other works of art and greeting cards by these and
other artists, and products made by independent artisans
around the world who are seeking to better their way of
life, are available from FBHC, Inc. FBHC, Inc. pays the
royalties involved to artists whose art is used by the
Lamed-Vuvnik website, so that 100% of the donations go
directly to relief efforts. |
